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Native Plants for Bees & Pollinators

Grow more flowers for native bees and other pollinators in your Gold Coast garden.

Discover a selection of plants indigenous to South East Queensland that offer nectar or pollen to visiting insects. This collection includes flowering shrubs, climbers, ground-layer plants and some trees for gardens with enough space.

Choose a mix of flowering species to support pollinators across seasons, and check each plant’s mature size, flowering time and growing conditions before planting. Different pollinators visit different flowers, so a diverse garden is valuable.

Order online for pickup by appointment in Worongary or eligible Gold Coast delivery.

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  • Australian indigo — Indigofera australis

    Australian indigo — Indigofera australis

    Australian indigo — Indigofera australis

    Indigofera australis Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Hedging and screening
  • Beach flax-lily — Dianella congesta

    Beach flax-lily — Dianella congesta

    Beach flax-lily — Dianella congesta

    Dianella congesta Grasses & Groundcovers
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Pots and containers
  • Blue flax-lily — Dianella caerulea

    Blue flax-lily — Dianella caerulea

    Blue flax-lily — Dianella caerulea

    Dianella caerulea Grasses & Groundcovers
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Pots and containers
  • Blue tongue — Melastoma affine

    Blue tongue — Melastoma affine

    Blue tongue — Melastoma affine

    Melastoma affine Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay soil Bush tucker Hedging and screening
  • Coast banksia — Banksia integrifolia

    Coast banksia — Banksia integrifolia

    Coast banksia — Banksia integrifolia

    Banksia integrifolia Trees
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy soil Hedging and screening
  • Dwarf banksia — Banksia oblongifolia

    Dwarf banksia — Banksia oblongifolia

    Dwarf banksia — Banksia oblongifolia

    Banksia oblongifolia Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Rocky soil Hedging and screening Pots and containers
  • Fairy fan-flower — Scaevola aemula

    Fairy fan-flower — Scaevola aemula

    Fairy fan-flower — Scaevola aemula

    Scaevola aemula Grasses & Groundcovers
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy soil Pots and containers
  • Fringed wattle — Acacia fimbriata

    Fringed wattle — Acacia fimbriata

    Fringed wattle — Acacia fimbriata

    Acacia fimbriata ShrubsTrees
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Hedging and screening
  • Hairpin banksia — Banksia spinulosa

    Hairpin banksia — Banksia spinulosa

    Hairpin banksia — Banksia spinulosa

    Banksia spinulosa Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Hedging and screening
  • Midyim berry — Austromyrtus dulcis

    Midyim berry — Austromyrtus dulcis

    Midyim berry — Austromyrtus dulcis

    Austromyrtus dulcis Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Bush tucker Hedging and screening Pots and containers
  • Notched bush-pea — Pultenaea retusa

    Notched bush-pea — Pultenaea retusa

    Notched bush-pea — Pultenaea retusa

    Pultenaea retusa Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Hedging and screening
  • Purple coral pea — Hardenbergia violacea

    Purple coral pea — Hardenbergia violacea

    Purple coral pea — Hardenbergia violacea

    Hardenbergia violacea Climbers
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Pots and containers
  • Riberry — Syzygium luehmannii

    Riberry — Syzygium luehmannii

    Riberry — Syzygium luehmannii

    Syzygium luehmannii Trees
    Part shade · Shade Loamy · Clay soil Bush tucker Hedging and screening
  • Snake vine — Hibbertia scandens

    Snake vine — Hibbertia scandens

    Snake vine — Hibbertia scandens

    Hibbertia scandens Climbers
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil Hedging and screening
  • Snow-in-summer — Melaleuca linariifolia

    Snow-in-summer — Melaleuca linariifolia

    Snow-in-summer — Melaleuca linariifolia

    Melaleuca linariifolia Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay soil Hedging and screening
  • Tantoon — Leptospermum polygalifolium

    Tantoon — Leptospermum polygalifolium

    Tantoon — Leptospermum polygalifolium

    Leptospermum polygalifolium Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay soil Hedging and screening
  • Wallum bottlebrush — Melaleuca pachyphylla

    Wallum bottlebrush — Melaleuca pachyphylla

    Wallum bottlebrush — Melaleuca pachyphylla

    Melaleuca pachyphylla Shrubs
    Full sun · Part shade Sandy · Loamy · Clay soil Hedging and screening
  • Wax flower — Hoya australis

    Wax flower — Hoya australis

    Wax flower — Hoya australis

    Hoya australis Climbers
    Part shade · Full shade Loamy · Rocky soil Pots and containers
  • Weeping bottlebrush — Melaleuca viminalis

    Weeping bottlebrush — Melaleuca viminalis

    Weeping bottlebrush — Melaleuca viminalis

    Melaleuca viminalis ShrubsTrees
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay soil Hedging and screening
  • White bottlebrush — Melaleuca salicina

    White bottlebrush — Melaleuca salicina

    White bottlebrush — Melaleuca salicina

    Melaleuca salicina ShrubsTrees
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay soil Hedging and screening
  • Blue quandong — Elaeocarpus grandis

    Blue quandong — Elaeocarpus grandis

    Blue quandong — Elaeocarpus grandis

    Elaeocarpus grandis Trees
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay soil Bush tucker
  • Brush box — Lophostemon confertus

    Brush box — Lophostemon confertus

    Brush box — Lophostemon confertus

    Lophostemon confertus Trees
    Full sun · Part shade Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil
  • Cunningham’s jute — Corchorus cunninghamii

    Cunningham’s jute — Corchorus cunninghamii

    Cunningham’s jute — Corchorus cunninghamii

    Corchorus cunninghamii Shrubs
    Part shade · Full sun Loamy · Clay · Rocky soil
  • Firewheel tree — Stenocarpus sinuatus

    Firewheel tree — Stenocarpus sinuatus

    Firewheel tree — Stenocarpus sinuatus

    Stenocarpus sinuatus Trees
    Part shade · Shade Loamy soil Pots and containers